Blue hopes not to fall behind

Mar. 19, 2013

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BATON ROUGE - Alfred Blue will enter his fourth football season at LSU in 2013 still looking for his first injury-free campaign.

He was off to the best start of his career in 2012. First, he beat out both Michael Ford and Spencer Ware - the top two rushers from the 13-1 season in 2011 - for the starting job. Then he turned in back-to-back 100-yard games against North Texas and Washington. No LSU back had done that since Charles Scott in 2008.

With 224 yards on the season, he stood No. 2 in the Southeastern Conference in rushing with 112 yards a game. Then he tore ligaments in his knee against Idaho, had ...